Re:Vitamin D and Omega-3 have a larger effect on depression ...
by cj on Thursday January 29, 2026 @08:12AM
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Whether or not there’s a root cause is different than whether or not the doctor even bothered to look for a root cause in the first place.
Most, especially GP’s/primary care doctors will immediately prescribe without making sure you’re also going to see a therapist at least once.
They also hand them out as if there’s no withdrawal symptoms. And many doctors aren’t even aware that many people do have withdrawal symptoms. (Withdrawal symptoms being terrible “brain zaps” that make anxiety 10x worse when coming off)
No one is denying they’re useful. There are just a lot of doctors pushing these drugs as a fix all for everything, and a lot of patients who aren’t informed and aren’t getting good advice from their primary doc
Most, especially GP’s/primary care doctors will immediately prescribe without making sure you’re also going to see a therapist at least once.
They also hand them out as if there’s no withdrawal symptoms. And many doctors aren’t even aware that many people do have withdrawal symptoms. (Withdrawal symptoms being terrible “brain zaps” that make anxiety 10x worse when coming off)
No one is denying they’re useful. There are just a lot of doctors pushing these drugs as a fix all for everything, and a lot of patients who aren’t informed and aren’t getting good advice from their primary doc